[delayed post] Midweek New Music Roundup :: July 2-9

[hitokage]

I started this week's review with over 120 videos, on a Tuesday, which is never a good sign. A certain foster kitty, known as Zozo (name changed to protect the guilty), was especially unhelpful in this process. But I kept at it and look, it's only ... way later than I'd like. 🙄

So this week's listing passing 95 videos covering everything from trot to hiphop to EDM to jazz and neoclassical. We've got the barrier-breaking debut of new boy group 1VERSE this week, plus more comebacks than you can shake a stick at. MYNAME, KARD, ILLIT, SuperJunior, LE SSERAFIM... Rock more your thing? We've got new music from Ha Hyunsang, DINDIN, or Xdinary Heroes for a bit of heavy metal. Several units have put out EDM this week, from i-dle to AEILO. Or there's a half dozen or so OSTs this week, featuring the vocal stylings of such artists as JUNNY, Wendy (Red Velvet) and Jeong Yunho of ATEEZ. Not sure what's your speed this week? Grab a snack and/or drink and take a browse of the full listing at your leisure and you'll surely find something.

Banner artist slots this week go to Moon Sujin (for her unexpected collab with The Rose's Woosung) and EXO's D.O, with additional picks from me going to soye, 1VERSE, Ha$ap, Jongho (ATEEZ), Yunho (ATEEZ), yawn, odrey, Seungmin (Stray Kids), Lee Changsub (BTOB), and Super Junior. Which is a lot, I know, but shhh.


Releases for the weeks of July 2nd - 9th:
Noa Coast - Goodbye (audio only)
Choo Youngwoo - Goodbye (Head over Heels OST) * +
Lee Seunghyun - bugeotguk (audio only)
Kim Yunsoo, Sip 4 Time - Homeless
Kim Yunsoo - Mobile (feat. Ducks) (audio only)
MYNAME - Bad Bad Higher ⚠️ *
KARD - Touch ⚠️ *
RESCENE - Deja Vu 🔤 *
ICHILLIN' - Glass heart (pre-release) (audio only)
Ha Hyunsang - Monsoon *
BLINGONE - Mister *
Cio - IN THE MIDDLE
Doh Kyungsoo (EXO) - Do you remember? *
Younghoon (ORβIT) - Lovestruck (Japanese release) *
BEN - The Way You Look at Me (The First Night With the Duke OST) *
X ARA - 1001001 *
soye - Stop
안예슬, 아이런 - 너란 바람이 지금 내게로 분다 (이번 생에선 사장님 살리려구요 OST) *
Baek Sangha - Uniform (feat. Lee Kyujin) (audio only) *
TRIGER - HOPE
Jung Yonghwa - Night Runner (Shooting Star) 🔤 * ⚠️
DPNS - Rainbow *
dearALICE - DRUMS *
Mok Youngjin - The Fire Fighters Main Theme (FIREFIGHTER OST) (audio only)
chorim - LOVE IT, SEE IT, COMMIT + *
Itzel - Clementine *
toyou. - Summer Breeze (audio only)
1VERSE - Multiverse (debut) * ⚠️
mac - Little One
Ha$ap, Lee Hosun - Rodeo *
Hyo Jung - Eve (Where's my hero? OST) *
KHNP x Jongho (ATEEZ) - Perfect Reason
Park Sangmin - euphoria
Moon Sujin - Tight Rope (feat. Woosung (The Rose)) 🔤 *
Ghost Factory - City Back *
Jin Hyojeong - Picture Perfect (Our Movie OST)
Yunho (ATEEZ) - On My Way to You (7th x For Eagle Brothers OST) 🔤 *
Jayce Jez - I Just Want You To Be My Boo (audio only)
YEDD - Traitor *
HANAYA - NOYB *
yawn - no love to love *
odrey - Boom Boom
WENDY (Red Velvet) - Blazing Steps (Marry My Husband OST) *
You Dayeon - Oh My *
Jongwoo (ONE PACT) - PASSOUT (feat. TAG)
Hoody - Us *
ALEPH - Panorama Love (Our Movie OST) *
Seungmin (Stray Kids) - Goodbye * +
Darrendonghyeon - Run Away Again! (feat. CHAN) (audio only)
bluebluebird - Moonlight dancer
HANRORO - Can I Be Me? (audio only)
Celine - what he Left Behind
Lee Sunwoong - a sad picture (audio only)
Jay Chang (ONE PACT) - 180928 *
Minyoung (BBGIRLS) - What're you doing tonight? + *
DINDIN - Full of the Sun *
more - I'm Fine (When This Summer is Over OST) *
g0nny - Last Scene 🔤 * ⚠️
Bily Acoustie - Deeper Than I Thought + *
mellow button - I Hear Your Voice (audio only)
JUNNY - Time Lapse (Good Boy OST) *
a:pomt - Wound Scar (feat. Yubin) * ⚠️
TIOT - RUN RUN BAREFOOT *
WITCHX - RUN BABY RUN
Triceratops - Red Waves * ❌
uran - Summer Han River
JEON SOMI - EXTRA 🔤 * ⚠️
90, Jung Namdo - Gone With The Night +
Xdinary Heroes - FIRE (My Sweet Misery) 🔤 * ⚠️ ❌
Lee Changsub (BTOB) - Vroom Vroom 🔤 *
Doh Kyungsoo (EXO) - SING ALONG! 🔤 *
Jo Yuri - Growls and Purrs 🔤 *
HITGS - CHARIZZMA *
by me - Flicker + *
ILLIT - jellyous 🔤 *
NouerA - BNB (Beauty and the Beast) *
Colde - Better with you (Head over Heels OST) *
SEMO - Pado *
Goro - Violently (audio only)
KAYA - Good Morning *
Ralph - Rain Shower (feat. Sohn jimin) (나의 여름에게 OST))
KAGERERU - Koisuru Ninja (audio only)
ChoMyo - Moonlit Drift (feat. Odett) *
KAGERERU - ☆ZEN~YA~SAI☆ (audio only)
tuntun - It Won't Be Easy (audio only)
HARRIANNE - Resident B *
VIVIZ - La La Love Me
Super Junior - Express Mode 🔤 *
KCM - You're the prettiest to me *
i-dle - ARISE (Solo Leveling ARISE OST) *
LOTI - Nevertheless (feat. homezone, Jeong Sumin)
LE SSERAFIM - Kawaii (My Melody & Kuromi OST) 🔤 *
NCT Dream - BTTF 🔤 *
904, J!O - Hangover (audio only)
AEILO - In My Head * ⚠️
SUN KIM - The 11th Milky Way +
igloobay - under the blood moon * ⚠️


The Mea Culpa Section:
Well this is just embarrassing. I distinctly remember putting several of these into the playlist for last week, but with how far behind I habitually am, I didn't think about it at the time, so IDK. But they're here now and will be at the top of the listings below.

fromis_9 - LIKE YOU BETTER 🔤 *
XLOV - BIZNESS *
AYOUNG - Love the Way *
Wonho- Better Than Me 🔤 *
Jessi - Newsflash 🔤 *
E:Dan - Off + *
Jvcki Wai x vangdale - Narak * ⚠️ ❌
JUE - This Face + *
BABYMONSTER - HOT SAUCE *
For The More - Finale + *


key:
* content warning - see item below for details
+ disappearing hard subs
🔤 CC in English
⚠️ elevated content warning - see item below for details
❌ did not finish viewing - see item below for details

note: I pulled the KAGERERU together but left D.O's two split apart.

fromis_9 - LIKE YOU BETTER 🔤 https://youtu.be/r1QapH1SIAI
genre: dance pop
cw: flashing, lens flares
note: CC in 4 tracks, including English. I think this is their first comeback since dropping down to only five members. Lort knows they've reached the Struggle Age, but I hope for good things for the remaining members.


XLOV - BIZNESS https://youtu.be/AzpMVYZZqdU
genre: hiphop
cw: lens flares
note: ... nope, not gonna say it. But really, do we really need to be making Hyun even taller???


AYOUNG - Love the Way https://youtu.be/vscpkZXMPWk
genre: jazz
cw: scratchy video artifacts/effects, surrealism
note: I'm not sure what I was expecting? This wasn't it. Not complaining, though!


Wonho - Better Than Me 🔤 https://youtu.be/aY7hdsPoRso
genre: dance pop
cw: camera motion, blood/injury, shirtless Wonho
note: CC in 6 tracks including English. Not that those a-shirts are really doing much, either, but, you know... Teddy bear.


Jessi - Newsflash 🔤 ⚠️ https://youtu.be/7hIwGSWjQFQ
genre: hiphop
cw: aggressive flashing, f-bomb
note: elevated warning for the aggressive flashes. Jessi with kids is adorable, really just love her. And her relentless refusal to take anyone's shit.


E:Dan - Off https://youtu.be/coIB0fMGNK4
genre: hiphop
cw: lens flares, disco ball flash
note: the hard subs aren't the worst, but could be better. And now I miss being able to go to the beach again.


Jvcki Wai x vangdale - Narak ⚠️ ❌ https://youtu.be/I7Ol9dZPHeE
genre: EDM
cw: aggressive flashing
note: this hit seizure-level flashing pretty quickly, I had to nope out after the first twenty-ish seconds, so warnings are maybe incomplete.


JUE - This Face https://youtu.be/1jyo42P2zu4
genre: R&B
cw: lens flares, camera motion
note: again with the suboptimal hard subs. They don't ever really completely vanish, but they get hard to read sometimes, depending on the camera, and the unsteady camera motions really don't help with that.


BABYMONSTER - HOT SAUCE https://youtu.be/xn8mQqz2xmM
genre: hiphop
cw: camera motion (push-pull)
note: hi, yes, I do kinda hate that the 90s are now considered vintage. And yet I was laughing the whole time, so ... maybe a success?


For The More - Finale https://youtu.be/Es7ivQl99HI
genre: pop-rock
cw: animated flashing, animated lens flares
note: For The More being another virtual idol group (animated avatars over real human talent), of course the video's entirely animated as well. The hard subs are small enough I almost didn't notice them at all with everything else going on.





Noa Coast - Goodbye (audio only) https://youtu.be/9Gjp_thmg8Y
genre: rock
note: apparently I forgot to make any notes about this artist/band when I snagged the link for the roundup, oops


Choo Youngwoo - Goodbye (Head over Heels OST) https://youtu.be/-7ORTsS6F-Y
genre: adult contemporary (ballad)
cw: video "artifacts," flashing (transitions), religious imagery (Korean shamanism)
note: video is stills from the drama with animated/flashy transitions between images, so while the odds of spoilers is greatly reduced, it's not zero. And of course the hard subs have the same issue they always do when they're flat white, no backing.


Lee Seunghyun - bugeotguk (audio only) https://youtu.be/15VQvnOITKQ
genre: folk rock
note: between the guitar and the ch-ch-ch of a hand rattle, if not for the language, this could almost be something from my childhood


Kim Yunsoo, Sip 4 Time - Homeless https://youtu.be/fGGZORrE20A
genre: R&B
note: not really what I was expecting from the "visualizer" and "lyric video" tags put on by the uploader. Video stays blurred the whole time.

Kim Yunsoo - Mobile (feat. Ducks) (audio only) https://youtu.be/f2l-07ffTGU
genre: folk rock
note: sticking with the folk rock genre tag, but it includes a rapped interlude in the middle (I'm guessing that's the Ducks feature)


MYNAME - Bad Bad Higher (Japanese release) ⚠️ https://youtu.be/TSla9kEmfDs
genre: dance pop
cw: flashing glitch effects, background flashing lights/effects
note: this is a throwback comeback - MYNAME debuted in 2011 and while they denied claims of having disbanded in 2019, they haven't been active in awhile. As far as I can tell, they're self-producing in Japan now, currently as just three. Elevated warning for the severity of the flashing effects.


KARD - Touch ⚠️ https://youtu.be/9wNcDkKCCsg
genre: dance pop
cw: lens flares, shirtless men, overt sexualization
note: If you have auto-translate on, YT will produce an English translation. We're meant to infer that all the couples are hetero, but there's at least one that feels very much like a lesbian femme/butch couple. Elevated warning for asses falling out of ridiculous short shorts. (Look, it's not me making a judgement, per se, but me knowing what other people are inclined to make a fuss over)


RESCENE - Deja Vu 🔤 https://youtu.be/ZbO9PBdFRdc
genre: dance pop
cw: lens flares
note: CC in 4 tracks, including English. The way the subs are inconsistent on repeating syllables is...sigh


ICHILLIN' - Glass heart (pre-release) (audio only) https://youtu.be/5MK1eJ30Isw
genre: pop-rock
note: ordinarily, I wouldn't include an audio-only from as well supported a group (it's mostly reserved for indies and/or OSTs), but this is apparently the only form this pre-release is getting, at least for now.


Ha Hyunsang - Monsoon https://youtu.be/5t8_YxuOiLM
genre: pop-rock
cw: lens flares
note: There's a slight softness filter over the video that makes some of the flares a bit softer, but warning for them anyway, plus since there's a couple times where the camera ends up pointed almost straight into the sun.


BLINGONE - Mister https://youtu.be/MONePHBPUBo
genre: dance pop
cw: lens flares, supernatural elements (ouija), fireworks/pyrotechnics
note: meh, they don't really DO anything with the ouija board, but still...


Cio - IN THE MIDDLE https://youtu.be/mniYdx-mNJs
genre: R&B (ballad)
note: Latest from series Annyeong Artists, a project aimed at getting Korean indies artists global exposure.


Doh Kyungsoo (EXO) - Do you remember? https://youtu.be/yrOCIH_yHHM
genre: pop-rock
cw: lens flares
note: I know it says preview, but it feels like a complete song? Blond Kyungsoo feels like starting trouble for some reason.


Younghoon (ORβIT) - Lovestruck (Japanese release) https://youtu.be/9X_vsQVj0yk
genre: pop-rock
cw: soaking wet Younghoon (fully clothed), unsteady cam
note: Look, I know I'm meant to read their name as Orbit, but I'm a DE/EN translator, so I just see "orshit" 😅 ANYway... Younghoon wrote and composed this as a solo piece. The sudden appearance of useless hard subs towards the end had me going back to make sure I hadn't been missing them all along (I wasn't, but I sure did miss that this was ONLY Younghoon the very first time, yeesh, jagu be tireds).


BEN - The Way You Look at Me (The First Night With the Duke OST) https://youtu.be/8gWDpuBuPcs
genre: adult contemporary (ballad)
cw: attempted murder by drowning
note: video is entirely clips of the drama, so may contain spoilers. Is that really the best time to be making out with the duke, miss?


X ARA - 1001001
ENG: https://youtu.be/4uYUAVIUh4U
KRN: https://youtu.be/SFKLYcAxDNo
genre: EDM
cw: flashing, surrealism, gun violence, uncanny valley
note: it's ... not giving the blatant genslop signs, so I'm leaning to this just being the fever dream animation of actual people. The video is exactly the same in each version, just that one's entirely in English while the other is mostly Korean with English subbed in as per common pop convention.


soye - Stop https://youtu.be/dEjGPdJAAAI
genre: jazz
note: has a very danceable bossa nova-like latin beat, so of course this is going on the list of favorites for the week.


안예슬, 아이런 - 너란 바람이 지금 내게로 분다 (이번 생에선 사장님 살리려구요 OST)
genre: adult contemporary (ballad)
cw: drinking (social), lens flares
note: I know, that's a lot of hangul when I usually try to get, if not an English title, then at least a romanized one, but Google and Warner both were against me and I'd rather just use the hangul than try to guess. Video is entirely clips from what appears to be a new-ish web drama, possibly based on a webnovel? Like I said, Google was being less than helpful.


Baek Sangha - Uniform (feat. Lee Kyujin) (audio only) https://youtu.be/nYx_Xck9Xvs
genre: hiphop
cw: repeated use of f-bombs
note: yeah, that phrase on the cover art comes up again and again in the track.


TRIGER - HOPE https://youtu.be/7rudj_J9aZ8
genre: dance pop
cw: lens flares
note: some of the scenes feel unreal in a way I'm failing to put into words. I think it's a sharpness filter that's to blame? Hard to say when I can't explain why those moments feel unreal. Group formerly promoted as TRIGGER and have had a couple member changes since their beginning.


Jung Yonghwa - Night Runner (Shooting Star) 🔤 ⚠️ https://youtu.be/6b-9AW7jL9k
genre: R&B
cw: lens flares, aggressive flashing, camera motion
note: CC in 9 tracks, including English. Elevated warning for the overly aggressive (bright) flashing that almost took me out a couple of times (they'd quit just in time for me to think oh maybe ... and then start up again, sigh)


DPNS - Rainbow https://youtu.be/K3Dt-lt86-E
genre: rock
cw: surrealism (dreaming), lens flares
note: I suppose the message is something something you can't change your past, but you can still show your inner child some love


dearALICE - DRUMS https://youtu.be/GODzhlK4Fuc
genre: hiphop
cw: flashing
note: Okay, yes, dA are a UK-based group ... who earned their idol creds by spending six months getting intense idol trainee treatment with SM and now are getting pulled into SMTOWN and maybe additional music show performances? So yeah, I guess they get pass-thru credit. Don't like? Don't watch.


Mok Youngjin - The Fire Fighters Main Theme (FIREFIGHTER OST) (audio only) https://youtu.be/00DxZ0aCDsE
genre: neoclassical instrumental
note: quick interlude, we don't get these themes too often


chorim - LOVE IT, SEE IT, COMMIT https://youtu.be/9--Vjy5rSxM
genre: folk rock
cw: flashing, camera motion, lens flares
note: intermittent hard subs that are inconsistently legible. Whatever mental quirk it is that means videos shot in Japan always make me homesick for a place I've never been, it's exhausting. Especially in a time when I really, really, really wish I wasn't living where I am. 😝


Itzel - Clementine https://youtu.be/BYg9bfvVG9g
genre: dance pop
cw: lens flares, camera motion
note: CC is technically only in Korean (well, there's so-called auto-generated English, but those are generally a complete mess at best), so no flag for it, but auto-translate kicks in if enabled. The camera motion isn't horribly severe, but it kind of adds up over the video to feel like enough to be worth warning for?


toyou. - Summer Breeze (audio only) https://youtu.be/EJfx1vx6xM4
genre: jazz (instrumental)
note: the crackle is kinda strong, I had to turn down my volume again, but otherwise a restful break in the flow.


1VERSE - Multiverse (debut) ⚠️ https://youtu.be/OchjCOju83Q
genre: dance pop
cw: flashing, lens flares, camera motion, fireworks/pyrotechnics, glitch effects
note: Finally we get a debut, hooray! If you haven't heard, 1Verse is the first group to debut with two N.Korean members. The group's been together for awhile now, doing a lot of pre-debut content (dance covers and behind-the-scenes videos), it's good to see a full debut at last for them. Putting an elevated warning on this for the severe bright flashing that happens in a couple scenes.


mac - Little One https://youtu.be/GX8jyuCgy8w
genre: rock
note: a trip through all the familiar outdoor locations of Seoul as our heroes go on an adventure (that may or may not have been real). Seriously, if you've watched enough MVs, all these locations will feel familiar.


Ha$ap, Lee Hosun - Rodeo https://youtu.be/OngPkn2PtrQ
genre: hiphop
cw: flashing, lens flares
note: smooth groove and flow, half expect this to pop up on TrenChill next time it updates.


Hyo Jung - Eve (Where's my hero? OST) https://youtu.be/z-DsNTdBMFo
genre: folk rock
cw: lens flares
note: video is entirely clips from the drama, so may contain spoilers.


KHNP x Jongho (ATEEZ) - Perfect Reason https://youtu.be/RyHqLZY4L1w
genre: rock
cw: surrealism, lens flares
note: still not sure which is cuter, the animation or our baby bear (who really isn't so baby anymore, but shh). And oh, look at that, hard subs that stay legible the whole time, amazing! /s


Park Sangmin - euphoria https://youtu.be/4zTOLchzdyw
genre: adult contemporary (ballad)
note: the narrative arc of the video is maybe a bit predictable, even cliche, but is that really such a bad thing? 😜


Moon Sujin - Tight Rope (feat. Woosung (The Rose)) 🔤 https://youtu.be/XjxCFww-cU4
genre: dance pop
cw: lens flares, implied female nudity, surrealism
note: CC in English. One of these days I'm going to stop being surprised when Woosung pops up in an unexpected place as a featured artist. That ... that is not how knitting works, but, uh, fine I guess? Woosung resumes the trend of featuring artist as Sir Not Appearing in This MV.


Ghost Factory - City Back https://youtu.be/pxjlsMoHwUE
genre: hiphop
cw: water glare
note: CC is only in Korean, but auto-translate will kick in if active, complete with questionable timing. 😅 A nice, chill flow.


Jin Hyojeong - Picture Perfect (Our Movie OST) https://youtu.be/LvpQaF1l25Y
genre: dance pop
note: video is entirely clips from the drama, so may contain spoilers


Yunho (ATEEZ) - On My Way to You (7th x For Eagle Brothers OST) https://youtu.be/-UmI5EDi49E
genre: adult contemporary (ballad)
cw: lens flares, potential hanky warning
note: CC in 6 tracks, including English. Video is almost entirely Yunho's performances (in a recording studio and on a stage), with only two brief clips from the drama. For a video with more drama clips (and the same content warnings): https://youtu.be/97mFAsQ6YsM


Jayce Jez - I Just Want You To Be My Boo (audio only) https://youtu.be/3G08Ct_HTtk
genre: R&B


YEDD - Traitor https://youtu.be/UT8CRdtfwjg
genre: alt rock
cw: psychedelic flashing
note: visually and audially unsettling, as a visuallizer goes, the video is mostly uncoupled from the track. Probably a skip unless you like achromatic music


HANAYA - NOYB https://youtu.be/eOV5NbHKYQ4
genre: hiphop
cw: flashing graphic effects
note: this cafe looks familiar 🤣


yawn - no love to love https://youtu.be/iw8S8FAtafc
genre: alt rock
cw: mild(?) bullying
note: ok but that guitar is almost as big as she is? (slight exaggeration) Cute and punky girl rock that is basically exactly my style. The poking and prodding could be just in fun, but putting on a bully warning anyway.


odrey - Boom Boom https://youtu.be/k6ATyNy2p8E
genre: alt rock (instrumental)
note: rock-style music played on modern-strung gayageum (traditional is 12 strings while these look to have 21 or 25 strings, common in gayageum meant for modern music). Unsurprising to anyone who knows me, I'm absolutely down for modern music played with traditional instruments.


WENDY (Red Velvet) - Blazing Steps (Marry My Husband OST) https://youtu.be/0YybNR4OT-8
genre: dance pop
cw: lens flares, drinking (social)
note: video is entirely clips from the drama, so may contain spoilers. So cute and poppy and peppy, just the thing for starting a day off with a pep.


You Dayeon - Oh My https://youtu.be/i4c6m49jbu4
genre: dance pop
cw: fireworks/pyrotechnics, video "artifacts"
note: another summer beach fantasy, so sweet and cute


Jongwoo (ONE PACT) - PASSOUT (feat. TAG) https://youtu.be/Z-oJcXNYj4Y
genre: hiphop
note: performance video focusing on Jongwoo (and TAG) showing off dance moves and without any flashing light effects? Amazing!


Hoody - Us https://youtu.be/Xw28rOq-e6w
genre: R&B
cw: lens flares
note: a little bit jazzy, a little bit breathy. We know it's summer because lemon and summer fruits. I miss peaches (don't say it). That's a lot of cream on those pancakes (again, don't say it).


ALEPH - Panorama Love (Our Movie OST) https://youtu.be/7gicYPxCh7A
genre: pop-rock
cw: drinking (social), lens flares
note: video is entirely clips from the drama, so may contain spoilers ... or, really, given the kissing, almost definitely contains spoiler?


Seungmin (Stray Kids) - Goodbye https://youtu.be/v6wWUlXdEDU
genre: rock ballad
cw: animated flashing
note: the hard subs could have been done a bit better. Comes with CC in Japanese and Korean and then my auto-translate kicked in, which then shows the contrast between the Korean and the English.


Darrendonghyeon - Run Away Again! (feat. CHAN) (audio only) https://youtu.be/1ue9SA4J_jE
genre: alt rock
note: feels like it could've been pulled straight from the late 90s with that simple strumming guitar.


bluebluebird - Moonlight dancer https://youtu.be/RHDtFUztFlo
genre: R&B
note: lyric video in which the lyrics take center stage. The Engrish is ... well, I've seen worse? But the proximity to Stray Kids' Seungmin's Chan-written English makes it a bit more ... something.


HANRORO - Can I Be Me? (audio only) https://youtu.be/PJKrLugqX6E
genre: rock
note: atmospheric rock? With a cute drawing of a colorful caterpiller


Celine - what he Left Behind https://youtu.be/cf_udBsLYpI
genre: R&B
note: the video looks like clips from a drama, but I couldn't find any such linkage? So I guess if you recognize it, let me know? And yes, that's how the artist presents the song's title, so I'm leaving it like that.


Lee Sunwoong - a sad picture (audio only) https://youtu.be/fC-l_PMa5JA
genre: rock
note: [insert rant about ballad not being a useful genre tag here] Doesn't even really feel like a rock ballad, so...


Jay Chang (ONE PACT) - 180928 https://youtu.be/4MeH8e3MzTc
genre: R&B
cw: flashing, lens flares
note: another performance video, though with much less dancing - mostly Jay is just wandering around the empty sound stage singing (well, lip syncing, but shh)


Minyoung (BBGIRLS) - What're you doing tonight? https://youtu.be/Fp2BBQ5WKK0
genre: R&B
cw: animated flashing/strobing lights
note: entire video is animated ... and feels too short?


DINDIN - Full of the Sun https://youtu.be/VyCYfL7gyEk
genre: rock
cw: unsteady cam, fireworks/pyrotechnics
note: oh to be a young rock band traveling around in a modded bus and getting up to all kinds of harmless boys-being-boys antics.


more - I'm Fine (When This Summer is Over OST) https://youtu.be/i8a0gGQBthM
genre: soft rock
cw: blood/injury, bullying
note: video is entirely clips from the film, so may contain spoilers


g0nny - Last Scene 🔤 ⚠️ https://youtu.be/0ukLKXeqsrk
genre: R&B
cw: shirtless men, lens flares, drinking (social), smoking, camera flashes, implied nudity
note: CC in English and Korean. Could just be great friends, could be a triad relationship, you decide? 😅Elevating the warning for the shower scene - it's nothing explicit, but still implied nudity of two of the three.


Bily Acoustie - Deeper Than I Thought https://youtu.be/6g_o1pxE224
genre: folk rock
cw: flashing, lens flares
note: again with the bad hard subs formatting. The song is sleepier than the video allows.


mellow button - I Hear Your Voice (audio only) https://youtu.be/5tSBBeCDrFU
genre: neoclassical instrumental
note: a soft piano interlude


JUNNY - Time Lapse (Good Boy OST) https://youtu.be/T0Chl-KzZKU
genre: R&B
cw: lens flares, blood/injury, police
note: video is entirely clips from the drama, so may contain spoilers (there's kissing, so almost definitely spoiler). Such a cute song~


a:pomt - Wound Scar (feat. Yubin) ⚠️ https://youtu.be/VOJgiaQ6HA0
genre: adult contemporary (ballad)
cw: lens flares, implied self-harm (SI, drugs)
note: elevated warning for the implied self-harm across various types. Take care of yourselves, whatever that means for you.


TIOT - RUN RUN BAREFOOT https://youtu.be/XcZf9KI7sx4
genre: trot
cw: lens flares, background flashing/strobing lights
note: fuck it, I'm calling this trot. XD I can't remember more, but I recall seeing something about this being a remake of an older song and it definitely has that "vintage" feel about it - very 00s trot beat and flow.


WITCHX - RUN BABY RUN https://youtu.be/x5l-FKp3Hpk
genre: dance pop
note: a performance/choreo video and oh look, that's the video rig shadow, not something you usually see 😬


Triceratops - Red Waves ❌ https://youtu.be/umtmXIc8GbI
genre: alt rock
cw: flashing effects/video "artifacts," lens flares, police lights
note: the effects ended up being too much on a day when I'm already struggling with visual issues, so ... use your own best judgement?


uran - Summer Han River https://youtu.be/8iQipZMmSrY
genre: jazz
note: a video of nothing much happening except the routines of daily life for a soft bit of piano and vocal jazz


JEON SOMI - EXTRA 🔤 ⚠️ https://youtu.be/zq5mr3ePY1I
genre: dance pop
cw: surrealism, military, blood/injury, full face masks, uncanny valley dolls
note: CC in 9 tracks, including English. Elevated warning for the creepy factor of the "extra" "dolls"


90, Jung Namdo - Gone With The Night https://youtu.be/-C_crnS8inA
genre: R&B
note: and the return of the most useless way to put hard subs on a video, dear lort. At that point size and color, you might as well not bother. Potential hanky warning for the song itself.


Xdinary Heroes - FIRE (My Sweet Misery) 🔤 ⚠️❌ https://youtu.be/-C_crnS8inA
genre: heavy metal
cw: aggressive flashing, drug use, medical/hospital, horror tropes. blood/injury
note: CC in 13 (!!) tracks, including English. Alas, I only made it about halfway through before the flashing knocked me out. Which is unfortunate but unsurprising, given this is very much of a heavy metal song and video.


Lee Changsub (BTOB) - Vroom Vroom 🔤 https://youtu.be/1_POUdzAiyA
genre: trot
cw: lens flares, surrealism, flashing
note: ..... well, that's, um... yeah, calling this trot, too, you can't stop me. CC in 6 tracks, including English, but I was too distracted by the wild ride of the video to give them much attention ... which is saying something, cuz it's usually the other way around the first time through. 🤣


Doh Kyungsoo (EXO) - SING ALONG! 🔤 https://youtu.be/JESHGc9PXNg
genre: dance pop
cw: flashing lights, lens flares
note: CC in 7 tracks, including English. I still maintain that blond D.O is trouble. But I also just love the whole thing of him spending the whole video doing his own thing, regardless of whether that matches what's going on around him or not.


Jo Yuri - Growls and Purrs 🔤 https://youtu.be/EIL1MXBv8Pk
genre: dance pop
cw: background flashing, laser light, lens flares
note: CC in English. Includes a whole lot of human mimicking cat behaviors


HITGS - CHARIZZMA https://youtu.be/GXWaVjSEFiM
genre: dance pop
cw: camera flash, surrealism, lens flares
note: the bright lights on all that chrome made my headache worse, sigh


by me - Flicker https://youtu.be/2OhjhlWWmFU
genre: R&B
cw: water glare, background flashing city lights
note: I mean, they tried with those hard subs, but they really could have tried harder.


ILLIT - jellyous 🔤 https://youtu.be/GkG60kISnfc
genre: dance pop
cw: camera motion, surrealism (video game elements)
note: CC in 6 tracks, including English.


NouerA - BNB (Beauty and the Beast) https://youtu.be/mQZTiT7xlmk
genre: dance pop
cw: background flashing/strobing lights
note: back to back subway train starts was briefly disorienting. 😅 It's quickly apparent, tho, that they otherwise have nothing in common.


Colde - Better with you (Head over Heels OST) https://youtu.be/05qE9SHnF8g
genre: R&B
cw: supernatural elements (spirits, Korean shamanism), lens flares
note: video is entirely clips from the drama, so may contain spoilers. Colde's voice is so soothing...


SEMO - Pado https://youtu.be/0YAAem_ESmE
genre: EDM
cw: lens flares, water glare, video "artifacts" (various), drinking (social)
note: sometimes you just gotta dance like no one's watching


Goro - Violently (audio only) https://youtu.be/7qK6hCInuMo
genre: R&B
note: the cover art may be a bit disturbing 🤷 not definitely enough for me to put a formal content warning on it, but...


KAYA - Good Morning https://youtu.be/CcJa9dbgv1s
genre: bubblegum pop
cw: brightness
note: it's not constant (thank the gods), but several scenes have the brightness dialed up for whatever artistic reason to the point of being hard on my poor eyes


Ralph - Rain Shower (feat. Sohn jimin) (나의 여름에게 OST)) https://youtu.be/LLm7_P1yDps
genre: hiphop
note: video is clips from the drama, so may contain spoilers.


KAGERERU - Koisuru Ninja (audio only) https://youtu.be/VfXfa8yTWCM
genre: EDM
note: as far as I can tell, this is a Korean release it's just in Japanese ... For Reasons? Whatever makes the artist(s) happy

KAGERERU - ☆ZEN~YA~SAI☆ (audio only) https://youtu.be/TVw_XvvPVP4
genre: EDM
note: same as above, a domestic release that's just in Japanese ... because it's in Japanese


ChoMyo - Moonlit Drift (feat. Odett) https://youtu.be/QaLsOcdawgk
genre: soft rock
cw: lens flares, flashing lights, zentai suits, disco ball
note: an alien encounter of the best kind? 🤣


tuntun - It Won't Be Easy (audio only) https://youtu.be/by-qnKuSDKE
genre: adult contemporary (ballad)
note: potential hanky warning


HARRIANNE - Resident B https://youtu.be/eSDkXbfvKWU
genre: soft rock
cw: flashing, water glare
note: I didn't warn for it, but the brightness levels are kinda high


VIVIZ - La La Love Me 🔤 https://youtu.be/gjHcbWTXqEY
genre: dance pop
cw: flashing, lens flares, surrealism, spider (large)
note: CC in English. That orange set looks familiar, hmm..


Super Junior - Express Mode 🔤 https://youtu.be/pykdDgWX7-M
genre: dance pop
cw: flashing, surrealism, shirtless men
note: CC in 8 tracks, including English. It makes me stupid happy to see Heechul doing dance moves, even if he's limiting himself. 12th album and they still can't afford to put a shirt on everyone all the time, so very sad.


KCM - You're the prettiest to me https://youtu.be/ePjAL61NSNc
genre: adult contemporary (ballad)
cw: lens flares, potential hanky warning
note: I know beach scenes are a staple of summer, but it's making me so very homesick 😭


i-dle - ARISE (Solo Leveling ARISE OST) https://youtu.be/NYrysjbptY8
genre: EDM
cw: video game elements (weapons, power), flashing, lens flares
note: short form video that's less music video and more advertising for the game


LOTI - Nevertheless (feat. homezone, Jeong Sumin) https://youtu.be/nRkO6IGC1M0
genre: rock
note: this feels entirely too short? sigh


LE SSERAFIM - Kawaii (My Melody & Kuromi OST) 🔤 https://youtu.be/DY4ckIx94xw
genre: dance pop
cw: flashing, fireworks/pyrotechnics
note: CC in 6 tracks, including English. So much Sanrio pastel adorableness...


NCT Dream - BTTF 🔤 https://youtu.be/3rsBWr3JOUI
genre: dance pop
cw: flashing, superpowers
note: CC in 9 tracks, including English. Oh I see those Chewing Gum callbacks. 🤣


904, J!O - Hangover (audio only) https://youtu.be/-ozvcmqVixY
genre: hiphop
note: yeah, does kinda sound like a hangover


AEILO - In My Head ⚠️ https://youtu.be/8wMI3AhAAT4
genre: EDM
cw: psychadelic flashing visuals
note: elevated warning because for a while in there (indeed, two separate times, even!) the colors are overwhelmingly psychedelically spinning headache fodder


SUN KIM - The 11th Milky Way https://youtu.be/Z4uWo1BmG3c
genre: R&B
note: yeah, doing hard subs in yellow was A Choice all right 🙄


igloobay - under the blood moon ⚠️ https://youtu.be/ybkUschAh0M
genre: rock
cw: severe camera jitter, aggressive (color) flashing
note: elevated warning for both the severe jitter that lasts the whole time and the aggressive color flashing. I ended up shifting to mini-player, else I would not have been able to finish, ooph. Very bad, 0/10, do not recommend watching.

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